Contact details

Public address

224 - 238 Kensington High Street, London, W8 6AG

Aims & activities

The principal activity of The Design Museum is to operate charitable and educational activities located at Shad Thames, London and the trading activities of the subsidiary, Design Museum Enterprises Limited.

What the charity does

Education/training
Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who the charity helps

Children/young people
Elderly/old people
People with disabilities
The general public/mankind

Assets and liabilities

Fundraising

Raises funds from the Public

Trading

This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries

Gift aid

Recognised by HMRC for gift aid

Charitable spending ratios

What are charitable spending ratios?

Ratios have to be put in context. They should be read in conjunction with the charity’s financial statements
on which they’re based if they are to be interpreted correctly and sound conclusions drawn.
For example the accounting rules affect what can be classed as income or expenditure.
Where a charity which purchases land to further its objects the accounting rules do not permit including the purchase cost
as charitable spending in its accounts. Instead it is ‘capitalised’ and shown on the balance sheet.
Similarly a charity that receives an endowment it can’t spend may have a lower percentage of charitable spending as
a proportion of income in the year of receipt as compared to the previous year as a result. Ratios may also be affected by the way a
charity operates. For example, a charity which primarily generates income from investments may have lower cost of raising funds than
one which employs fundraisers. A grant-making charity funding other charities to undertake an activity will have much lower staffing
costs compared to a charity employing staff to perform that activity.

64%Charitable spending

Charitable spending (including governance costs) as a percentage of income and endowments received by the charity in the reporting period. Does not include planned future spending.

49%Income generation

Costs incurred in generating income as a proportion of total income and endowments received in the reporting period. May include spending to secure future funding.

0%Retained

The percentage of the charity’s total income retained for future use.

Accounts and trustees' annual report

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF ALL FORMS OF DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, ARTISTIC, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONTEXTS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE.

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/12/1988
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/06/2009
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/12/2010
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/12/2011